| 单词 | leafbird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleafbird leafbird n. any of several songbirds constituting the genus Chloropsis of South and South-East Asia, having predominantly bright green plumage and a black bill, with (in the male) a black or blue face and throat.Leafbirds have usually been grouped with the fairy bluebirds but are now often assigned to their own family, Chloropseidae. [After scientific Latin Phyllornis, former genus name (1830 or earlier; < phyllo- phyllo- comb. form +ancient Greek ὄρνις bird: see ornis n.) and its model Malay burung daun (1822 or earlier; < burung bird + daun leaf). Compare Dutch bladvogel (1857; after scientific Latin and Malay).] ΚΠ a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XXIII. 337/2 Phyllornis, Leaf Bird. 1906 W. R. Ogilvie-Grant in Fasciculi Malayenses: Zool. III. 88 Chloropsis cyanopogon,..With other species of a general green colour it shares the Malay name of Burong daun (Leaf-bird). 2013 S. Pritchard-Jones & B. Gibbons Annapurna 23/1 The blue pine forest is a habitat of the very vocal spotted nutcracker, while orange-bellied leafbirds prefer the upper canopies. < as lemmas |
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